#BE9D34#BE9D34

#BE9D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.126 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D34
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 72.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 1.23, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 56.65, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0021 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.126 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9139, 35.3111, 8.2776)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D34 #3455BE

analogous

#BE5834 #BE9D34 #9ABE34

triadic

#BE9D34 #34BE9D #9D34BE

tetradic

#BE9D34 #34BE58 #3455BE #BE349A

square

#BE9D34 #34BE58 #3455BE #BE349A

split-complementary

#BE9D34 #349ABE #5834BE

monochromatic

#5E4E1A #8E7527 #BE9D34 #D3B65D #E0CC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BE9D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D34

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D34	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.126 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b972',
    500: '#be9d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d34;
$custom-light: #d6b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70734,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D34

secondary

#8495CA

accent

#6CE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D34

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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